Hat-holder.



PATENTED SEPT. l2, 1905.

G. DAVIS.

HAT HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.12, 19.05.

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GEORGEANNA DAVIS, OF CINCINNATI, OI-lIO.

HAT-HOLDER.

Specieaton of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 12, 1905.

Application filed January l2, 1905. Serial No. 240,812.

To all whom it Huey concern:

Be it known that I, GnoRGnANNi-x Davis. a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Cincinnati, in the county of I-lamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat-Holders, of which the following' is a specification.

The several features of my invention and the various advantages resulting from their use, conjointly or otherwise, will be apparent from the following description and claims.

The principal object of my invention is to provide a simple and convenient means for enabling' ladies to fasten their hats to the backs of chairs or equivalent seats in public halls and all places of amusement of any description on all occasions when it is necessary or desirable that ladies hats should be removed and remain off their heads while in said halls or such places.

I will now proceed to describe my invention in detail.

In the accompanying drawings, making a part of this application, and in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts, Figure lis a view in perspective of a hatholding device embodying my invention and showing its mode of application to the back of a seat. Fig. 2 is a vertical central section of this device, taken in the plane of the dotted line Q l of Fig. l--namely, from front to rear. 3 is a view in perspective, on a small scale, of my device in position on the back of a seat. Fig. is a view in perspective, showing the mode in which the hat is fastened to my device when the latter is fixed on the back of a chair. Fig. 5 is a detail, partly in section and partly in elevation, showing a preferred mode of forming the passage through the eyelet.

A indicates the foundation or back piece of my device.

B is a strap of any suitable material, preferably flexible, and secured to the backpiece A. The strap B is preferably made of leather, containing holes C C, which are preferably guarded by eyelets I). These eyelets are made of some hard material and are preferably made of any of the well-known constructions that will enable them to be duly clenched or otherwise secured to the strap B. lVhen in position on the strap, as shown, one being located near the upper end of the strap and the other near the lower end, they are in position to be used according to my inven- Fig.

tion. The strap B is of such a length that it shall bow out substantially as shown in Figs. I and 2. IVhen in this position, the hat-pin has opportunity of entering the upper eyelets C, passing down between the strap B anc. the back-piece A and passing through the lower eyelet O and thence out and down. The space D" between the strap B and the backpiece A gives the desired opportunity for the insertion of the fingers of the one fastening the hat to the device.

The Inode in which my invention operates is as follows: The device is secured tothe back of the seat by suitable means, preferably by screws A2, passing through openings A3 of the strap and the back-piece, substantially as inr dicated in the drawings. rIhe device is preferably located on the upper portion of the back of the seat, so that when the person is seated the hat shall be secured above so high that the hat shall not interfere with the knees of the one occupying the seat. The hat to be connected to this holder is located so that the strap B shall enter within the brim of the hat. The person fastening' the hat then inserts her lingers within the strapB and thereupon takes the hat-pin ll and passes the same through that portion of either the brim or the crown of the hat which is now uppermost. It is obviously preferable that the pin should pass through the brim. She next passes the point of the pin through the upper eyelet O and then guiding the pin by her lingers causes the point of the pin to pass through the lower eyelet O. She then passes the hat-pin; but it is not necessary that the pin should again pass through the hat. rllhe latter is now securely fastened in place upon the holder. This operation is the work of only a minute or two. Thereafter the hat is securely held, and the one who wears the hat is relieved of all care of it until the time comes for her to remove it from the holder.

The utility of my device is already obvious. Heretofore the wearer after removing her hat was obliged to hold it upon her lap or to fasten it by her hat-pin to the plushor other covering where present on the back of the seat. The effort to thus fasten the hat has been an awkward one and was otherwise very objectionable, because it has caused the covering of the back of the seat to be rapidly worn out because of the many holes made in it by the hat-pins. y invention therefore not only preserves the seats of a public hall, but also IOO g per side of the latter, nearly or quite vertical,

as shown at D2. It likewise has its inner wall, at the lower side of the latter, nearly or quite vertical, as shown at D3.

It is my purpose to make this connection a new article of manufacture, and I prefer that the back A shall be a piece separate from the seat to which the holder is attached. The strap B is secured to the back-piece A preferably by stitching B2, as indicated. rIhe edges of the back-piece A, as well as the edges of the strap B, may receive any desired ornamentation or iinish. In this way the holder can be made quite ornamental and be a desirable addition, so far as appearance is concerned, to the back of the seat; but in certain cases it may be and no doubt will become desirable to secure the strap B directly to the back of the seat, in which case the latter will be the foundation-piece A. One obvious objection to the construction last named is that measurements wouldhave to be taken in each case in order to secure the strap at the right point upon the back of the seat; but where my device is made, as first described, with the back-piece A independent in the iirst instance the wholedevice is easily secured to the back of the seat without any previous measurements.

My device is cheap of construction and of great utility.

What I claim as new and of my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isw

l. As a hat-holder for connection to the back of the seat, a device consisting of a back-piece A and a bowed strap B, provided with openings C, C, above and below, for the reception of the hat-pin, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

2. As a hat-holder for connection to the back of the seat, a device consisting of a back-piece A and a bowed strap B, provided with eyeleted openings C, C, above and below, for the reception of the hat-pin, substantially as and for the purposes specified. l

3. As a hat-holder for connection to the back of the seat, a device consisting of a back-piece A and a bowed iexi'ble strap B, provided with openings C, C, above and below, for the reception of the hat-pin, substantially as and for the purposes specied.

4. As a hat-holder for connection to the back of the seat, a device consisting of a back-piece A and a bowed flexible strap B, provided with eyeleted openings C, C, above and below, for the reception of the hat-pin, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

5. The combination of the back of a seat, in a public hall, a bowed strap B provided with the Lipper and lower openings C, C, substantially as and for the purposes specilied.-

6. The combination of the back of a seat, in a public hall, a bowed strap B provided with the upper and lower eyeleted openings, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

7. The combination of the back of a seat, in a public hall, and a flexible strap B provided with the upper and lowerl openings C, C, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

8. As a new article of manufacture, a hatholder consisting of a back-piece A adapted to be connected to the back of a chair or seat of a public hall, &c., and a bowed strap having openings above and below for the reception of a hat-pin, the ends of the bowed strap being sewed to the holder, openings A3 through the ends of the strap B and the back-piece A for the reception of devices for securing the holder to the back of the seat, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

9. In a hat-holder for connection to the back of a seat, the bowed strap, a back-piece, eyeleted openings in the strap, the eyelets shaped as described, namely: having vertical wall at D2 and at D2, substantially as and for th'e purposes specified.

In witness whereofl have set my hand to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGEANNA DAVIS.

Attest:

JOHN E. FITZPATRICK, K. SMITH. 

